Regionalne zróżnicowanie poziomu antropopresji na środowiskowe uwarunkowania rozwoju w Polsce
Regional differentiation of the level of anthropopressure on environmental determinants of development in Poland

Summary/Abstract: Environmental resources are part of national wealth, they are determinants of local and regional development located on the level of elements influencing the quality of life of the inhabitants as well as the vitality of the region. In response to global challenges related to environmental resources, separate environmental policies are created, implemented and linked to other development policies. The aim of this article is to identify the diversity of environmental resource management in Polish voivodeships. The time scope of the research covers 2004 and 2019, and the spatial scope is 16 provinces. Four areas of environmental governance were identified in the research procedure: (1) water resources and waste management, (2) land use and biodiversity, (3) energy, and (4) air and climate protection, within which their differentiation was measured. The proposed TOPSIS method allowed for a linear ordering of the provinces in each domain. The general assumption is that there has been progress in the level of environmental resource management within each domain. The proposed research method in combination with the ordering within typological classes revealed in many cases a stable level of management in the indicated areas, which did not undergo any significant changes in the years studied. The implementation of the research objective made it possible to see a diversified approach to the management of environmental resources in the voivodships, which may be considered a favourable phenomenon. This may indicate a diversified approach to environmental issues and balancing the scale of management.

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